GRE Word List
EMISSARY
one designated as the agent of another : representative
The meaning of the word emissary is one designated as the agent of another : representative.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
| epistemologist | the study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity |
| artery | any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body |
| plebeian | a member of the Roman plebs |
| confluence | a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point |
| monarchy | undivided rule or absolute sovereignty by a single person |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| existential | of, relating to, or affirming existence |
| daze | to stupefy especially by a blow : stun |
| refractory | resisting control or authority : stubborn |